Quiet Strength Chapters 6-8

In chapter six, Learning to Lead, Dungy speaks about the grueling wait for a promotion to defensive coordinator. He also talks about the birth of his first child in 1984 and how he balanced his time between his job as defensive coordinator and his family. He then resigned from his job after the 1988 season because of an underachieving defense. He received several job offers in the 1988 offseason and debates how each one will affect him and his family. He accepted a job in Kansas City. There, he spent many more hours on the job, not by choice, which then resulted in less family time. Dungy took a different job in 1992 with the Minnesota Vikings. Dungy was in awe of how God guided him through all the decisions he made about different occupational opportunities.

Chapter seven, An Unlikely Opening, begins with Dungy talking about how the Minnesota Vikings' chaplain affected him. Tony Dungy and the chaplain met once a week and studied the book of Nehemiah. Dungy learned that everything is on God's time, to be prepared when an opportunity arises, and to be prepared to handle adversity through the studying of Nehemiah. He interviewed for several head coaching jobs between 1986-1995. He felt that many of the interviews went well but he fell just short of landing the job. Yet Dungy continued to work hard and prepare for his next job interview opportunity.In the 1995 offseason, he had an interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and felt the interview went horrible. Dungy received a second interview with the Buccaneers, much to his surprise. He then was offered and accepted the head coaching position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dungy says he didnt see what God was doing in his life, but that God has a plan and can see the whole picture.

Building The Faculty, chapter eight, is how Dungy struggled to put together his coaching staff but finally found the right mix of teachers and men of integrity and character. Dungy also speaks about the sub-par facilities that the Buccaneers had. He taled about the need of change in attitude about the team and the facilities the team uses.

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